The collection includes undergraduate theses written by students in the University Honors College.
Further University Honors College work is available in the Anthós undergraduate journal.
Theses from 2020
Experimenting with a Biologically Plausible Neural Network, Dmitri Murphy
Meta-Analysis of Tobacco Control Policies for Reducing Tobacco Consumption, Arya Kevin Naghdi
A Public Health Recommendation Countering the Online Anti-Vaccination Movement, Grace M. Neumann
The Utility of Multiplex Closeness Centrality for Predicting Item Difficulty Parameters in Anomia Tests, Khanh L. Nguyen
Factor Structure of the Short Form of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-15) in an Early Adolescent, Non-clinical Population, Phuc Toan Nguyen
Late-Night Political Comedy's Impact on Audience Political Attentiveness, Public Opinion, and Civic Engagement, Molly J. Olmstead
Identification of Degradation Products Formed from Glycerol and Terpenes in Aromatherapy Vaporizers, Alisha Ortiz
Interests and Priorities in Sockeye Salmon Management: How Are Policies Enacted and Interpreted on Three Alaskan Rivers?, Jake P. Palazzi
Creating an Ethics of Love: Encountering Nonduality through Buddhism and Phenomenology, Dakota Parmley
Modeling and Visualizing Power Amplification in Fiber Optic Cables, Gil Parnon
Dynamic Assessment for Evaluating Bilingual Children's Potential for Language Development Over Time: a Pilot Study, Camryn R. Perez
The Rise and Infiltration of Pac-Man and Street Fighter, Angelic Phan
An Analysis of the Competitive Advantages and Threats for Micro, Small & Medium-sized Businesses (MSMEs) in Mexico, Jose Luis Pool Sierra
Racial Gatekeeping in Country & Hip-Hop Music, Cervanté Pope
What Makes Inclusion Work: an Autoethnography on Coordinating an Inclusive Youth Advocacy Program, Megan Price
Psychoterratic States: Designing the New Language of Climate Change, Savannah C. Quarum
Examining the Popularity Concept in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) Market, Preston Rad
Investigating the Mental Health and Well-Being Effects of Neo-Pagan Spiritual Practice, Emma Ritter
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Adults with Long-Chain 3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (LCHADD), Ajesh Saini
Developing a Conceptual Framework for Research on Social Media and Political Polarization, Audrey C. Sanders
Lack of Replication Disruption Following H2O2-induced Damage in Escherichia coli, Sierra S. Schmidt, Justin Courcelle, and Charmain T. Courcelle
Straying From the Norm: Which Single Mothers Choose Non-Traditional Last Names for Their Children?, Cyrena Selden
Impact of the Urban Heat Mosaic on the Leaf Senescence in Two Acer Species, Jeffrey D. Smith
Unipolarity and Foreign Policy: an Examination of the Unipolar U.S and Its Subsequent Foreign Policy Constraints, Madeleine Smith
Vampires, Fandom, and Feminism: Updating the Vampire Horror Screenplay Through Themes of Empowerment, McKinzie Smith
An Investigation and Comparison of Stable Isotopes in Meteoric Waters and Groundwaters from Southern Washington, Emily E. Smoot
Laurent Series Expansion and its Applications, Anna Sobczyk
The Stuttering Characteristics of Spanish-English Bilingual Adult Speakers, Sima Sokolov
Friendship Projects Within Embargo: Peacemaking and Power Between US and Cuban Quakers 1987-2019, Jade Souza
The Resilience of Military-Dominated Rule in Contemporary Egypt, Fiona R. Spring
The Role of Redox Chemistry of Disulfide Bonds in Cysteine Residues of Membrane Proteins by Cuprous and Cupric Ions in Cell Death of E. coli, Morgan R. Stewart
Modeling Airflows and VOC Source Strengths for an Occupied School, Brett Stinson
Long Term Effects of Concussions and the Frequency of Injury to the Different Regions of the Human Brain, Marissa S. Swadener
Nigerien Fertility Choice in the Face of Desertification, Samson R. Swan
A Cultural History of Black Musicians in Renaissance Europe, 1500-1700, Jamar Taylor
The Development of an Art Practice: Reflecting on My Experiences in the Undergraduate Art Programs at Clackamas Community College and Portland State University, Justin M. Taylor
The Seasonal Effects of Photovoltaic Cells on Sedum Eco Roof Substrate Moisture, Brook M. Thompson
The Impact of Vote by Mail on Native American Turnout, Nathaniel J. Torry-Schrag
Music Education as a Potential Mediator for Social Decline, Gabriel V. Trees
Hybrid Cultures: Solutions for Cultural Appropriation in Art, Daniela A. Uribe
Six Feet of Distance Between Belonging: Expansions and Maintenance of Citizenship During COVID-19, Johnathon Daniel Vargas
An Introductory Overview of the Koyukon (Athabaskan) Verb, Jonathan K. Vincent
Reviewing the Potential Link Between Grain-Free Diets and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Canines, Larissa J. Webster
How Does the Effect of Hurricane Katrina Influence Healthcare Infrastructure and Resilience?, Sean Y. Wei
Fem or Foe?: Non-Communal Women Who Report Sexual Harassment Receive Fewer Career Advancement Opportunities, Katherine A. Werth, Larry R. Martinez, Heather A. Firestone, and Timothy A. Carsey
Automatic Keyphrase Extraction From Russian-Language Scholarly Papers in Computational Linguistics, Yves Wienecke
Centering Children in Co-Parenting, Kristen L. Wiidanen
Best Practices for a Translingual Pedagogy: an Undergraduate Perspective, Jacob S. Wilson
Trauma-informed Care as a Service Approach for Youth Experiencing Houselessness: a Scoping Review of the Literature, Crystal Wink
Sea Surface Microplastics: an Inshore-Offshore Gradient Off the Olympic Peninsula, Rosemary Wood
Asian American Women in Leadership and Abusive Supervision, Mari A. Wu
Maus, Masks, and the Performance of Identity, Amie Zimmerman
Theses from 2019
Literature Review on the Effects of Water Fluoridation on the Human Health, Diana Abdeljawad
Metallodithiolate Ligands for Reversing Metal Ion Induced Aggregation of Beta Amyloid, Eleanor K. Adams
Our Lips are Sealed: a Social Constructionist Approach to Understanding Menstrual Concealment at Menarche, Olivia S. Agrusa
Designing Katana : Unsheathing the Potential of Gameplay for Constructing Cultural Memory, Tracy Alan
Métis in Oregon: Intermarriage, Agency, and Religion in French Prairie, 1830-1840, Annie B. Amsden
Behavioral Analyses of Zalophus californianus and Eumetopias jubatus at Bonneville Dam as Tools to Understand Salmonid Take and Inform Regulation Changes, Coral A. Bailey
Virginia Woolf and Freud : The Implications of His Work on Her Mental Health, Kenidee M. Barner
Pilot Study Investigating the Effectiveness of the Active Workplace Study through a Dissemination Lens, Mary Beth Barnum
Is it Possible to Change Someone's Mind Online? A Graphic Design Thesis, Laurel Benson
Social Correlates of Paternal Postpartum Depression: a Statistical Analysis, Sonia Bosch
Testing the Bechdel Test, Kathryn Gray Bouchat
Racial Capitalism and Expropriation in American Welfare Reform, Sam A.G. Bruns
Stratification of Protein Expression across the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Disease Axis to Inform an Early Detection Platform, Sarah Bumatay
Maximizing Community Resiliency Through LINC, Ariel R. Bushnell
How Schools Encourage Incarceration: The School-to-Prison Pipeline and How It Fails Our Children, Madeline S. Buss
The Liberal and the Limits of Discourse in Waiting for the Barbarians, Matt W. Cardoza
Impacts of a Parental Consent Law on Teen Birth and Abortion Rates in Kansas, Cameryn Carr
Colocha: a Memoir, Julieta Castro
Political Queerness Against Reproductive Futurism in J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K., John J. Caufield
Moving Beyond Migrant Disposability: Interrogating History and Identity, Marisol M. Cendejas
The Ethical Challenges of Community-Based CS Training at Portland State, Joseph W. Christman
The Elvis Yurt: a Novel in Progress, Christine J. Bailey Claringbold
An Equitable Approach to Addressing Mental Illness Within U.S. Study Abroad Programs, Katie J. Clark
Impulsivity in Science: Students' Beliefs in Their Science Abilities with and without ADHD Symptomology, Deza'Rae M. Collins and Lisa Marriott
A Systems View of Cardiovascular Disease, Madisen Cotter
Utilizing Parallelism in the Conjugate Gradient Algorithm, Adam James Craig
Equitable Academia for Students with Disabilities, Mia Cremer
How Urban Land Use Contributes to Inequitable Health Outcomes: an Interdisciplinary Review & Analysis, Bliss Storm Croton
Wayless: a Capability-Based Microkernel, Waylon Cude
Integrating Multiple Narratives in Human Behavior Across the Lifespan Curriculum, Amethyst R. Dawson
Design and Construction of a Filter Bank Assembly for Low Volume Air Sampling, Marianne H. de Haan
Fighting Back Against Criminalization of Homelessness: Martin v. City of Boise Case Study, Kaitlyn Dey
Efficient and Scalable Event Tracing, Rupika Dikkala
Alina Troyano: A Proposed of Methodology for the Art Historical Analysis of a Literary Performance Artist, Rachel Done
Sustaining Rural Place: Rethinking Design Principles for Social Sustainability in Rural America, Carlie C. Donnelly
"Infinite Time and Just a Little Bit of Mystery": Time, Theme, and Playability in 17776 and The Stanley Parable, Rachel Dutton
"Music That Binds Us": Development and Production of an Electroacoustic Concert, Christina Diane Ebersohl
The Death of Physical Media: The Dangers of Streaming and the End of the Home Library, Amelia Eichler
Adolescent Executive Dysfunction and Distant Parental Relationships: Influences on Tobacco Use in Youth Under the Age of 18, Aaron M. Eisen
Attrition Effects in Mandarin-English Bilinguals of Varying Proficiencies, Sarah Charlotte Elkinton
Glitch Art as an Expression of Medium, Maxwell Ettel
Chart Review Observing Depression and Anxiety in a Cohort of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Patients, Megan N. Feely